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Three polio workers abducted during campaign in northwestern Pakistan
Armed men abducted three polio vaccination workers in Tank district in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday.
Police identified the workers as Mir Janan, Ikram and Khanzala, and said they were taken to an undisclosed location.
The abduction happened in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where vaccination teams have faced a series of attacks and kidnappings.
Four workers were abducted in Tank on November 2, while two vaccinators kidnapped in Lower South Waziristan were later released.
A campaign supervisor was abducted in Khyber district, and two police officers escorting vaccinators were killed in a separate attack in Mohmand district.
The incidents have raised concerns about the safety of health workers involved in Pakistan’s nationwide effort to eradicate polio.
Three polio vaccination workers were abducted by unidentified armed men in northwestern Pakistan, police said.
The workers were taken from the Sorghar area of Tank district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to an undisclosed location.
They were identified as Mir Janan, Ikram and Khanzala.
The abduction took place during an ongoing immunisation campaign.
The incident came amid a series of abductions and attacks on polio teams in the province.
- Who
- Three polio workers: Mir Janan, Ikram and Khanzala.
- What
- They were abducted by unidentified armed men.
- When
- November 10, 2026.
- Where
- Sorghar area, Tank district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwestern Pakistan.
- Why
- Not stated.
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Four polio workers were abducted from Sheikh Attar in Tank district, and two vaccinators kidnapped from Azam Warsak in Lower South Waziristan were later released.
Two policemen escorting a polio vaccination team were killed and another was injured in Mohmand district.
Polio campaign supervisor Jalil Khan was abducted from the Chapri area of Jamrud in Khyber district.
Three polio workers were abducted from the Sorghar area of Tank district.
- Workers abducted
- 3
- District
- Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Area
- Sorghar
- Identified workers
- Mir Janan, Ikram and Khanzala
- Destination
- Undisclosed location